Trunk-corder.



W. L. KESSEE.

TRUNK CORDER.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 22, 1905.

PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

adapted for storage-boxes and trunks.

.Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view showing the nnirnn sra'rns WALTER LEEKESSEE,

OF REAGAN, TEXAS.

TRUNK-CORDEH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application fil d April 22, 1905. Serial No. 256,887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER LEE Knssnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reagan,in the county of Falls and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Trunk-Corders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to trunk-corders, and is adapted to be used withtrunks, boxes, or all receptacles which it may be desirable to lock orstrengthen by means of cords or straps.

It is especially common to employ cords or straps in connection withtrunks when the same are being shipped from one point to another, andwhile my device is not limited to any special form of receptacles it isespecialllly T e device consists of four cords, of circular disksthrough which the cords pass, of caps adapted to fit the corners of thereceptacle, the said caps having sleeves through which the cords pass,and meansfor securing the free ends of the cords.

The invention also consists in the novel features of constructionhereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing areceptacle with my device applied thereto.

bottom of the receptacle. Fig. 3 is a face view of one section of an endplate and a diametrical section through one of said plates. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a corner-cap. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of oneof the pulley-plates.

In the drawings, A represents the receptacle, which may be either a boxor trunk of any desired size and construction. I provide five plateswhich are formed with intersecting bores B, and while these plates maybe formed in one piece, as shown at B, having the bores drilled throughthem they may also be formed in two sections, as shown atB and each ofthe sections may have upon its inner face a groove B stampeddiametrically across the same, and it will be obvious that when the twosections are placed together with their inner faces in contact and thegrooves out of alinement two intersecting bores will be formed in theplate. These sections may be welded, riveted, or secured together in anydesired manner.

Where the receptacle is provided with substantially square ends, as iscommon, the

having side plates 0 converging toward the apex of the plate C and attheir divergent ends. The sides 0, which are of greater length than theplate C, are rolled back upon themselves to form tubular sleeves Ifurther provide two V shaped plates D, having one or more perforations Dat the apex and being notched, as shown at D along the opposite side. Ashaft E is carried by the plate D, on which is journaled a small pulleyE. Cords F are grouped in pairs, and the ends of the cords of one pairare secured in the perforation or perforations D, as the case may be, ofone of the plates D, while the cords F of the other pair are secured inthe same manner to the apex of the remaining plate D.

The plates D rest upon the top of the receptacle to be corded, and thecords of one pair extend to the corner-cap C, placed upon one of theupper corners of the receptacle, and are passed, respectively, throughthe sleeves C of the said cap, and one cord of the pair is then passeddownwardly to the lower opposite corner-cap, passing diagonally acrossthe end of the receptacle through one of the bores B of an end plate Bthen along the bottom of the receptacle through a plate B, the bottomplate being similar in construction to the side plate, and the cord isthen passed through the sleeve C of a cap C, carried upon the lowercorner of the receptacle diagonally opposite the one through which thecord descended, and is then carried upwardly adjacent the corner of thereceptacle and diagonally across the opposite end of the box and throughthe sleeve of a corner-cap carried in the upper corner upon the sameside of the receptacle as the cap through which the cord was firstpassed. The other cord of the pair after passing through the uppercorner-cap is passed through a bore B of one of the plates anddiagonally across a side of the receptacle, through a sleeve of a lowercap, diagonally across the bottom 'of the receptacle through a bore ofthe bottom plate B and substantially at right angles to the cordimmediately above described, and is then carried upwardly to the top ofthe boX and converges with the cord first described, to which it may betied, and the pair of cords are then passed over the pulley E and drawntight. As soon as the cords have become taut they are slipped into oneof the notches D and knots in the cord prevent them from slipping, or ifit is not desired to tie the two cords together at their free ends, eachmay be knotted and tightened by itself and then slipped into engagementwith one of said notches. The remaining pair of cords is then passedaround the receptacle in the same manner, passing through the sleeves inthe remaining ca s. i

t will be obvious that all of the cords pass through the bottom plate Band that one cord of eachpair passes through the side plates and onecord of each pair through each of the end plates.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the kind described comprising a metal cap, formed of atriangular plate having converging sides of greater length than thesides of the plate, the said sides being turned back at their divergentend por tions to form sleeves.

2. In a'trunk-corder the combination with corner-caps havin sleevesthereon, a V- shaped plate, a pu ley carried by the said plate, one sideof said plate being notched, cords passing through the sleeves of thecorner-caps and over the pulleys, one end of each of said cords beingsecured to the apex of the plate and the other end in detachableerllgagement with the notched side of the ate.

p 3. A device of the kind described comprising a plurality of plateshaving intersecting bores, corner-caps having a plurality of sleeves,V-shaped plates having pulleys, and a lurality of cords secured at oneend of said plates, the said cords being adapted to pass through thesleeves of the corner-caps and the bores of the plates and to have theirfree ends detachably secured to the said V- shaped plates.

WALTER LEE KESSEE.

